Before last week, I knew the work of Californian artist Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) only secondhand and had never actually stood…
Nicholas Marlowe
Nick studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art and History at Cambridge University. After working for thirty years in the book trade he is now a freelance writer and artist. His interests include breadmaking, touring historic battlefields, and trying to get above D4 on the flute (maybe it's time for the piccolo). He lives in Teddington, England.
It’s a curious fact that the decisive moment in the history of Impressionism took place not in Paris but in…
Dead babies, zombie brides, sex workers, Osama bin Laden, Phil Spector without his wig; welcome to the world of Marlene…
The Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) used to be known as “the Prince of Painters and the Painter of…
When the first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," begins, the narrator, Dr. John H. Watson, is kicking his…
His hand rests affectionately on her bosom; she acknowledges his gesture with a gentle caress. Although it’s called “The Jewish…
Typical. You wait ages for an exhibition to do with a major post-1945 German artist, then two arrive at once….
My favorite anecdote about the painter John Constable (1776-1837) concerns the hare that can be seen running across the foreground…
Ultramarine is a blue pigment derived from a semi-precious stone, lapis lazuli. During the Renaissance period, lapis lazuli was more…
There’s something deeply reassuring about a show that has been held every year, without interruption, since 1769. Wars and revolutions…
“Building the Picture” is about the bit of an Italian Renaissance painting that often seems to be jostling with the…
Old age is no respecter of genius. True, there have been some artists — Goya, for example, or Monet —…
The future King George VII carried out his first official engagement at a playgroup in Wellington, New Zealand, early in…
For several weeks now, the National Gallery has been a hive of activity as preparations were made for this new…